The issue of the locational treatment of transmission line losses has a long history in Alberta. Indeed, when Alberta’s electric system was deregulated in 1995, a key principle for the new, open access transmission system, was that generators would pay charges or receive credits based on the location of supply to ensure maximum efficiency of the system[…]
On August 30, 2018, a panel (the “Panel”) of the Ontario Energy Board (the “OEB”) approved a proposed amalgamation of Enbridge Gas Distribution (“Enbridge”) and Union Gas Limited (“Union Gas”) (together, the “Applicants”), pursuant to s. 43(1) of the Ontario Energy Board Act, (1998)1 (the “Act”)[…]
In early December 2017, the Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) released a new edition of Directive 067: Eligibility Requirements for Acquiring and Holding Energy Licences and Approvals (New Directive).1 The New Directive makes several significant changes to the previous version of […]
The election of the Alberta New Democratic Party with a majority government in May of 2015 heralded the introduction of wide-ranging reforms to the Alberta electricity market. Electricity in Alberta has responsibility, in a largely fossil fuel system, for a […]
It is no secret that building energy infrastructure in Canada is difficult. Recently, TransCanada threw in the towel on the Energy East project after years of delay and opposition. The final straw was the National Energy Board decision to consider […]
Introduction On August 10, the Ontario Court of Appeal released its decision in R v Orlandis-Habsburgo (Orlandis).1 The Court held that a utility sharing residents’ energy consumption data with police, which led to a search and criminal charges, violated the […]
In March of 2015, the Municipality of Arran-Elderslie, Municipality of Kincardine and the Township of Huron-Kinloss (collectively, “Southern Bruce”) conducted a competitive Request for Information (RFI) process to canvass the market for potential suppliers of natural gas distribution services. After […]